Most Depressing Towns & Villages in Ireland

Mountmellick should be top of the list. Has the most number of CCTV cameras per head of population.

There's an awful smell around the town.

Nice castles

At least it has some traffic supporting businesses like cafes, pubs, shops etc.

There must be lots of towns that are off the main road, aren't tourist towns, are not in a commuter belt of a city, have no festivals etc which are just slowly dying.

South Kerry is slowly dying but is beautiful and touristic.

Young people leave and never come back.

Maybe towns that were bypassed by new motorways.

Probably parts of east Mayo, Roscommon, Longford etc. Lots of the midlands would be like that although they can commute to Dublin.

I think even the worst towns listed above would look quant and picturesque to people from America, Australia, NZ, India, Pakistan and many other countries.

The small towns in those countries are horrific.

I think even in our worst towns you can have a good life if you make the effort to join local community groups and sports clubs.

Humans are complex but can be happy and content with simple things. Maslow hierarchy of needs.

Clongriffin. I've only ever passed through there on the Dart and Commuter lines but it looks so depressing from the window of the train. Full of ugly soulless apartments that look like they were thrown up with plywood and Lego.

Ballybunnion Co.Kerry is another kip. It's usually packed full of dodgy looking heads from my native Limerick in the summer time 😅

Point taken - it was 2015 when I visited so chances are a few places have opened since, but still I wouldn’t be in a rush back.

Dunshaughlin, Co Meath.

A nothing village that became a soulless dormitory town. Nothing of any significance or interest. A few crappy green areas in the estates.

During the day it’s full of the worst, local, thick as two short planks Meath yokels.

I'm going to give you one from the North.

Coleraine.

A real kip of a place. Walking around the town is a depressing thing to do. Everyone seems to be from a bygone age, and somehow give off the vibe of all being related. Wil' bang of Presbyterianism off the place too.

If there is a worse place in Ireland, I never want to visit it.

Enniscorthy was never a fine market town, it always had low paid employment. For shopping in county Wexford it was always either Wexford or Gorey.

Clonmel has become very grim due to the Poppyfields and the Showgrounds (both separate sides of the town) absolutely murdering the town centre

Cashel would be the exception...